Formula 1 chief retires "impossible to navigate" Excel spreadsheet used to manage car parts
WTF?! When James Vowles took over as team principal for the Williams F1 crew in early 2023, he knew they lagged behind the competition in several key areas. Pat Fry joined the team later that year as chief technical officer, and the two quickly determined that Williams' use of Microsoft Excel to manage its car build workbook was a problem.
Who is overemployment really harming? Often, it's your colleagues
Many overemployed people aren't double checking their own work, nor are they innovating on behalf of the company
Meta thinks it can charge up to $17 per month to eliminate ads on Facebook and Instagram
The move could appease European regulators concerned with data collection practices
Amazon is adding commercials to Prime Video, but you can pay extra to disable them
Prime Video is already a paid perk
This AI startup that "generated" 3D models from 2D art was actually using human workers
Generative AI often depends on unacknowledged human labor
"My Pillow Guy" unveils his lofty plan to prevent election fraud and it involves drones
The plan could conflict with various laws concerning criminal trespass and unmanned aircraft
Not handicapped, just lazy: Young adults in China commute in power wheelchairs to skirt e-bike regulations
A new avenue for the mobility industry
Self-checkout tipping: Travel agents for guilt trips?
Is there an obligation to tip when there's no human interaction?
Newegg refunds customer who received RTX 4090 box filled with weights
Gamers Nexus offered to buy it
WTF?! Paying one-and-a-half thousand dollars for a graphics card is a big decision, but those concerns often vanish when you're enjoying blistering framerates at high resolutions. What will give you buyer's remorse, however, is opening an RTX 4090 box and finding it filled only with weights. Luckily for the person involved, seller Newegg has given them a full refund.
Woman pays her Instagram lover $30,000 for a ticket back to Earth
The scam would have you believe Russia sends cosmonauts up, then charges them to come home
Tech industry professionals are paying up to $120,000 to have their legs lengthened
WTF?! How much would you pay to be three inches taller? $75,000? To some, that's a fair price to increase their stature. Interestingly, tech industry professionals make up a good portion of the patients requesting this expensive and excruciating surgery. Is it really worth it? I suppose it depends on your perspective, but after reviewing the details, I'm not sold.
Equifax sent out incorrect credit scores, blames it on "coding issue"
Millions of US consumers were affected
Someone just paid more than $650,000 for a yacht that only exists in the metaverse
Whatever floats your boat
Square Enix Store ran out of game codes of Final Fantasy XIV Complete Edition
Even digital copies can sell out from time to time
3,800 PS4s found and seized from a cryptocurrency farm in Ukraine
Is that the best hardware they could find?
Struggling to lose weight? A new device that wires your jaw together could help
There may be better ways
Amazon destroys up to 200,000 items of unsold stock per week at its Dunfermline warehouse
Destroyed items include new and returned products, ranging from books to iMac computers
Charges against Apple's security chief in 'iPads for gun permits' case dropped
Due to a lack of evidence
Oklahoma woman was charged with a felony for not returning a VHS rental two decades ago
How an unreturned VHS rental can haunt you two decades later
One in five companies admit to spying on remote workers without their knowledge
Always feel like somebody's watching you?